Arsenal and Southampton will take on on Saturday the 11th of December at 3:00 pm in the 16th week of the Premier League. The match will be staged in London at the Emirates Stadium. The encounter will be officiated by Jarred Gillett.

Arsenal occupies the 7th position in the standings with 23 points. It comes from a 2-1 loss against Everton in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 7 times, drawn twice, and lost 6 times.​​

Southampton is in the 16th position in the league with 16 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Brighton & Hove Albion in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 3 times, draw 7 times, and lost 5 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Arsenal​

Line - Ups​
4-2-3-1
22 May
Arsenal-Everton
5-1
4-2-3-1
16 May
Newcastle United-Arsenal
2-0
4-2-3-1
12 May
Tottenham Hotspur-Arsenal
3-0
4-2-3-1
08 May
Arsenal-Leeds United
2-1
4-2-3-1
01 May
West Ham United-Arsenal
1-2
4-2-3-1
23 Apr
Arsenal-Manchester United
3-1
4-2-3-1
20 Apr
Chelsea-Arsenal
2-4
4-2-3-1
16 Apr
Southampton-Arsenal
1-0
4-2-3-1
09 Apr
Arsenal-Brighton & Hove Albion
1-2
4-2-3-1
04 Apr
Crystal Palace-Arsenal
3-0
4-2-3-1
19 Mar
Aston Villa-Arsenal
0-1
4-2-3-1
16 Mar
Arsenal-Liverpool
0-2
4-2-3-1
13 Mar
Arsenal-Leicester City
2-0
4-2-3-1
06 Mar
Watford-Arsenal
2-3
4-2-3-1
24 Feb
Arsenal-Wolverhampton Wanderers
2-1
4-2-3-1
19 Feb
Arsenal-Brentford
2-1
4-2-3-1
10 Feb
Wolverhampton Wanderers-Arsenal
0-1
4-1-4-1
23 Jan
Arsenal-Burnley
0-0
4-2-3-1
01 Jan
Arsenal-Manchester City
1-2
4-2-3-1
26 Dec
Norwich City-Arsenal
0-5
4-2-3-1
18 Dec
Leeds United-Arsenal
1-4
4-4-1-1
15 Dec
Arsenal-West Ham United
2-0
4-4-1-1
11 Dec
Arsenal-Southampton
3-0
4-2-3-1
06 Dec
Everton-Arsenal
2-1
4-4-1-1
02 Dec
Manchester United-Arsenal
3-2
4-4-1-1
27 Nov
Arsenal-Newcastle United
2-0
4-4-1-1
20 Nov
Liverpool-Arsenal
4-0
4-4-1-1
07 Nov
Arsenal-Watford
1-0
4-4-1-1
30 Oct
Leicester City-Arsenal
0-2
4-2-3-1
22 Oct
Arsenal-Aston Villa
3-1
4-1-4-1
18 Oct
Arsenal-Crystal Palace
2-2
4-2-3-1
02 Oct
Brighton & Hove Albion-Arsenal
0-0
4-2-3-1
26 Sep
Arsenal-Tottenham Hotspur
3-1
4-1-4-1
18 Sep
Burnley-Arsenal
0-1
4-2-3-1
11 Sep
Arsenal-Norwich City
1-0
5-4-1
28 Aug
Manchester City-Arsenal
5-0
4-2-3-1
22 Aug
Arsenal-Chelsea
0-2
4-2-3-1
13 Aug
Brentford-Arsenal
2-0

Arsenal has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 46.67%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (7 times), 4-4-1-1 (5 times), 4-4-2 (once), 4-1-4-1 (once) and 5-4-1 (once).

Mikel Arteta Amatriain is expected to play against Southampton with the following players: A. Ramsdale, N. Varela Tavares, B. White, G. dos Santos Magalhães, T. Tomiyasu, T. Partey, G. Xhaka, M. Ødegaard, B. Saka and P. Aubameyang.

If the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Arsenal would be 24.70.

There are doubts about the presence of E. Smith Rowe.

Mikel Arteta Amatriain will probably not be able to employ B. Leno and G. Martinelli Silva because of injury.

S. Kolašinac will definitely miss the match.

Southampton​

Line - Ups​
4-4-2
22 May
Leicester City-Southampton
4-1
5-4-1
17 May
Southampton-Liverpool
1-2
4-4-2
07 May
Brentford-Southampton
3-0
4-4-2
30 Apr
Southampton-Crystal Palace
1-2
4-4-2
24 Apr
Brighton & Hove Albion-Southampton
2-2
3-1-4-2
21 Apr
Burnley-Southampton
2-0
3-4-3
16 Apr
Southampton-Arsenal
1-0
4-4-2
09 Apr
Southampton-Chelsea
0-6
4-3-1-2
02 Apr
Leeds United-Southampton
1-1
4-4-2
13 Mar
Southampton-Watford
1-2
4-4-2
10 Mar
Southampton-Newcastle United
1-2
4-4-2
05 Mar
Aston Villa-Southampton
4-0
4-4-2
25 Feb
Southampton-Norwich City
2-0
4-4-2
19 Feb
Southampton-Everton
2-0
4-4-2
12 Feb
Manchester United-Southampton
1-1
4-4-2
09 Feb
Tottenham Hotspur-Southampton
2-3
4-4-2
22 Jan
Southampton-Manchester City
1-1
3-5-2
15 Jan
Wolverhampton Wanderers-Southampton
3-1
3-5-2
11 Jan
Southampton-Brentford
4-1
5-3-2
28 Dec
Southampton-Tottenham Hotspur
1-1
4-1-4-1
26 Dec
West Ham United-Southampton
2-3
4-4-2
15 Dec
Crystal Palace-Southampton
2-2
4-4-2
11 Dec
Arsenal-Southampton
3-0
4-4-2
04 Dec
Southampton-Brighton & Hove Albion
1-1
4-4-2
01 Dec
Southampton-Leicester City
2-2
3-4-3
27 Nov
Liverpool-Southampton
4-0
4-4-2
20 Nov
Norwich City-Southampton
2-1
4-4-2
05 Nov
Southampton-Aston Villa
1-0
4-4-2
30 Oct
Watford-Southampton
0-1
4-4-2
23 Oct
Southampton-Burnley
2-2
4-4-2
16 Oct
Southampton-Leeds United
1-0
4-4-2
02 Oct
Chelsea-Southampton
3-1
4-4-2
26 Sep
Southampton-Wolverhampton Wanderers
0-1
4-4-2
18 Sep
Manchester City-Southampton
0-0
4-1-4-1
11 Sep
Southampton-West Ham United
0-0
4-4-2
28 Aug
Newcastle United-Southampton
2-2
4-4-2
22 Aug
Southampton-Manchester United
1-1
4-4-2
14 Aug
Everton-Southampton
3-1

Southampton has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 86.67%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (13 times), 3-4-3 (once) and 4-1-4-1 (once).

Ralph Hasenhüttl is expected to play against Arsenal with the following players: K. Walker-Peters, L. Silveira Neves Vojnović, J. Stephens, V. Livramento, W. Smallbone, N. Redmond, J. Ward-Prowse, I. Diallo, N. Tella, A. Broja and C. Adams.

If the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Southampton would be 23.45.

Ralph Hasenhüttl will probably not be able to employ J. Bednarek because of injury.

F. Forster, A. McCarthy, S. Armstrong and M. Djenepo will definitely miss the match.

Ralph Hasenhüttl will not be able to have the presence of M. Karim and O. Romeu Vidal who are both suspended​​.